The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-11-26
STATE NEWS.

cUhC ouO liSCiiCOS.
SUSAN TYLER, OF La Crosse, who
lost pension by marrying Frank
Gotch, who deserted her shortly after
marriage, has had the tie annulled by
the courts in order that her name
may be reinstated in the pension rolls.
The supervisors of Grant County
voted to relieve Thomas McMahon,
county treasurer, from paying $5, 900,
funds belonging TO the county that
were lost by reason of the failure of
Hodges Bank at Plattevillo some
years ago.
Mons ANDERSON and other La
Crosse capitalists are about to build
d large sash, door and blind factory at
Grand Crossing.
M. f. EGAN has sued the city of
La Crosse for $4,000 On account OF
injuries received on one OF the streets.
j. j. KAVANAUGH has been appoint
ed manager OF the La Crosse office OF
the North American Telegraph Com
pany.
AT Ashland on the 18th, Leo Koor-
denat, drug clerk recently from Mil
waukee, committed suicide by taking
morphine. He was found dead in his
bed, at the store of j. o. Walker, on
Second Street. Upon a large mirror
in the room he had written with 81
cake OF aoap, "Let me rest till / am
dead" 1t seems that he had at
tempted suicide the night before, but
was relieved by q physician ard
placed in charge OF friends, who left
him alone for a brief spell, early in
the morning.
MRS. MARY JACKSON, of Crawford
County, raised, husked and sold 4, 400
barrels OF corn on her farm this sea-
son.
CHARLES SHAUG, 12-yearold boy
living three miles west Of Augusta, was
fatally injured by being thrown
against barbed wire fence by run
away team.
THE state has issued in book form
the papers and discussions of the
farmers Institutes of1SS6. The work
was carefully edited by Supt. Morrison
and cannot fail to prove valuable to
the progressive agriculturists of the
state. 1t forms a volume of $50
pages and is entitled "Wisconsln
Farmers Institute Bulletin No. l."
Two enterprising residents OF Craw-
ford County have tried threshing corn
from the shock with machine and
found that it turns it out clean and
chops the stalks up ready for fodder.
They can thresh about 800 bushels
per day.
THE Northern Wisconsin Congrega-
tional district now has fifteen
churches, twelve stations and twenty
two ministers. The present superin-
tendent OF this department., Rev. Geo.
A. Hood, has Travelled within the
year in the performance OF bis work q
total OF l 5, ,375 miles.
f. n. FINNEY, for nine years manag-
ing director of the Wisconsin, Central
road, has resigned.
EAU CLAIRE County is considering
plans for erecting an asylum for
chronic insane.
COHEN, FINN & Co., proprietors oftwo
stores, dry goods and mems clothing.
assignment to NJ. j. Holt, who gave
bonds for $65, 200, which is supposed
to represent the amount OF assets.
PATRICK COUGHLIN, OF Madison,
reached his arm under trip hammer
That strikes 1,20O-pound blow, and
accidentally stepped on the lever that
works the trip. His arm was crushed.
DURING the fall season 1,2O0 cor
loads of Montana stock passed
through La Crosse over the Burling-
ton road.
The sum of $4,000 has been sub
scribed toward the support Of the
State Home for Veterans.
Don M. DICKINSON, who is named
as Col. Vllas' successor as postmaster
general, was at one time q resident Of
Prairie du Chen
JUDGE CLEMENTsoN, in the Crawford
County circuit court, dissolved the in
junction that for nearly two years
restrained the supervisors OF that
county from buying land and erecting
buildings IN pursuance Of their reso-
luton to adopt the county system Of
caring for the poor.
The Ashland ore docks are closed
for the season and no more ore will be
shipped until spring. The report of
the Lake Shore & Central agents show
the grand total OF ore shipped to be
1,O4O,730 tons, an increase OF 4O,73O
tons over last year. OF the total
amount shipped, S31, ,421 tons were
from the Lake Shore and 900, ,30S
from the Central docks. The ship
ments Of the ten largest shafts
were as follows: Colby, three
shafts, 236, 900 tons; Norrie proper
10000; Ashland, 1926; Iron
King, 47,O0l; Germania, SD, sos !;
Kakagon, 43 3.O34 ; Puritan, 26 sos /;
Ironton, 24,762; Nimikon, 32.217.
It took 769 vessels to transport the
ore, 624 from the Lake Shore and 145
from the Central docks. The largest
cargo was taken by the steamer
Onoko, $500 tons. The fastest load
ing VAS done at the Central docks,
where 1925 tons were put in in two
hours.
The deserted ranch OF the notorious
Press Wade, near Washburn, burned
on the 18th. 1t was broken up by the
authorities last August, since which
time it is supposed to have been un-
occupied. This removes an eyesore TO
all respectable people in Wasnburn.
The firm of Moore, Benjamin & Co.,
mining brokers, Milwaukee, has failed,
and a receiver has been appointed.
In the circuit court at Madison on
the 18th, in the cases OF the state
against the East Tennessee Insurance
Company and the Southern Insurance
Company, OF Louisiana, Tor doing IL
lnva ha or, Hn naJ Il
ments heretofore rendered, aggregst-
ing about $4,000, were get aside.
This was done In accordance with the
direction of the supreme court which
decided tnat jurisdiction was obtained
in courts there only over those COM
panies which had complied With the
law in securing license to do busi-
ness in the state. The decision effect
ed about fifty other suits in which
judgments amounting to many thou
sands for penalties were either entered
or expected to be obtained.